polymer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

WordNet


Pol"y*mer noun
Etymology
See Polymeric.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization. Formerly also written polymere.

Webster 1913